# PEP 744: JIT Compilation

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-744-jit-compilation/50756>\
**Category:** PEPs\
**Created:** [April 12, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-744-jit-compilation/50756 "2024-04-12T00:33:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-744-jit-compilation/50756/13 "2024-04-14T13:46:14Z")

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> [@daniele](#):
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> Why is the JIT any more of a concern patent wise than any other part of CPython?

It is not, but since JIT technology has seen quite a few patents in recent years (esp. due to the Java and JS VMs heavily using JITs), and because the copy-and-patch technology sounds like a rather new and clever idea, this triggered my question 🙂

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